Peterloo
It is a series of bloody events experienced by everyone in the massacre of Peterloo. The story began with the events surrounding the famous 1822 Peterloo massacre, which began as a peaceful pro-democracy phenomenon. It seems that the government was dissatisfied with this reform, and things turned into a real disaster in St. Peter's Square in Manchester. The call for reform has turned into one of the bloodiest and most famous events in British history, with hundreds of victims and dead.
26 August 1977, London, England, UK
15 July 1963, London, England, UK
21 March 1977
11 April 1974, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
11 October 1957, Fenton, Staffordshire, England, UK
19 May 1946, Harlesden, London, England, UK
3 November 1966, Yorkshire, England, UK
1962, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
19 September 1954, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
1951 in Wombwell, South Yorkshire, England, UK
1977, England, UK
31 August 1980, Warwickshire, England, UK
December 13, 2018
Peterloo feels a little too much like an agenda is being pushed, but this is nevertheless a powerful, pertinent piece of work.
November 18, 2018
Violence takes a backseat to powerful rhetoric in this dense, Universal Credit-era history lesson.
November 07, 2018
It is beautifully shot and the costume department have a real eye for detail... but despite the sheer drama of these historical events and their relevance to today's fractured world, Peterloo fails to ignite real passion and anger.
January 25, 2019
It seems perverse that a film of such length should find no home for so many of its director's assets. Detailed character-work, complex domestic relationships, humour: these are elements that would have made the picture engaging.
September 01, 2018
Leigh's passion for the material seems to have led him to approach it from an angle more pedagogic than artistic.
February 06, 2019
The most disappointing film of the year.
September 01, 2018
With this richly intelligent, passionate movie Mike Leigh has fought a brilliant rearguard action on history's political battlefield.
September 02, 2018
Those with the patience and attention span are rewarded; the last 30 minutes is perhaps the most visceral filmmaking Leigh has ever pulled off...
January 23, 2019
Peterloo's deliberate pacing and structure makes the evolution of a movement feel completely organic.
September 01, 2018
The authenticity is immersive, even if the historical exposition occasionally feels like prep for an exam no one's warned you about.
September 01, 2018
It's a stately, explicitly rhetorical paean to the people - setting the past in stone while also lashing out at a present-day political order.
September 08, 2018
You can feel Leigh's fury glowering off the screen through the entire last act, but that fury does the film and the filmmaker little service.
